20 Cruises in the Caribbean
by Lise Galipeau
(Hudson, Quebec, Canada)
Swimming With Dolphins
It's now January 2010 and since we have been on 20 cruises in the Caribbean, I have to say that not one in particular can be titled 'our best Caribbean cruise'.
Instead a combination of different highlights of those cruises come to mind and I would like to share those with you.
Holland America: We love the service and their specialty: "bread pudding", yummy...
Princess: Our favorite cruise line, we very much enjoy the service, the atmosphere and the ships and the "Movies under the Stars", very impressive.
Our first balcony: our first cruise was in 1992 and it was only in 2003 that we booked our first balcony on the Grand Princess, a memorable moment as it was pretty big and I told my husband, I was now spoiled for all other cruises.
Swimming with dolphins: a lifelong dream of mine was to swim and touch a dolphin. I love those animals...I even have a dolphin tattoo on my shoulder! It was in Cozumel that I had the opportunity and it was fantastic.
Port of Curacao: still remember the first time our ship slowly made its way through the short canal with colorful buildings on each side and people waving at us.
The beaches: 7 mile beach in Grand Cayman, Sapphire beach in St-Thomas, Arashi beach in Aruba.
Snorkeling: to this day I will always remember our excursion to Trunk Bay on St-John and that was a long time ago. Beautiful.
All the great sunsets we witnessed and photographed.
One excitement that never goes away: leaving the ports of Miami or Fort Lauderdale and all the people from the condos waving and making noises. Also arriving or leaving all the other ports, fascinating.
There are a lot more fond memories and I could go on and on for many pages but I should let others put a word in.
If you have never been on a cruise, I encourage you to try it but be prepared, you might get hooked like we did!
